The Call (2013)

The Call Synopsis

When veteran 911 operator, Jordan (Halle Berry), takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl (Abigail Breslin) who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.

After a couple of stacked weeks of Blu-ray and DVD releases, itís kind of nice to sit back and enjoy just a few movies this week. From magicians to high stakes car chases, this weekís new releases are full of a bunch of oddball films that have made their way through theaters and festivals earlier this year. Read on to learn about some of June 25thís best releases, and maybe even a few that may have slipped under your radar.

Recently, Berry really got back into the game with The Call, a mid-level budget thriller that did better than expected at the box office, pulling in over $50 million on a $13 million dollar budget. If you havenít caught the film, youíll be able to very soon: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is bringing The Call to Blu-ray and DVD on June 25.

Going into this weekend there was no real doubt that any of the new releases would be able to unseat Oz The Great And Powerful, the mammoth Disney release still making tons of money all over the globe. What's surprised everyone, though, is which movie came in second place. Besting the splashy studio comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, the Halle Berry-led thriller The Call made $6.2 million on Friday, good enough for a (distant) second place behind Oz

Looking to Oz the Great and Powerful, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and The Call for inspiration, we've pulled together a selection of before-they-were-stars titles, niche-career narratives, and star-fronted thrillers.

Itís been a fairly strong start to the year for the Rotten Watch and itís time to keep the critical prediction train rolling. This week weíve got Carrell, Buscemi and Carrey going magician and Halle Berry getting on the horn

The Call, the new film from director Brad Anderson, isn't about one crime, but rather two. The story begins when a 9-1-1 operator (Halle Berry) accidentally gets a young kidnapped woman murdered by serial killer. While she's permanently affected by the horror of the incident, years later she gets her chance at redemption...

Director Brad Anderson knows how to create an intense atmosphere. He may not be a household name and his films may not really get any box office results, but with movies like Session 9, The Machinist, and Transsiberian on his resume he has proven himself as one of the better horror directors working today (even Vanishing on 7th Street, which had a litany of problems, was still creepy and effective).